Awards honor outstanding achievements in furthering business travel and meetings sustainability programs.
ALEXANDRIA, VA – The GBTA Foundation, the education and research arm of the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA), and Project ICARUS are proud to announce the winners of the third annual Sustainability Outstanding Achievement Awards.
The awards recognize travel buyers, suppliers and intermediaries who can demonstrate outstanding leadership, innovation and commitment to delivering best in class sustainability programs, products and services across North America.
“The quality of entries for our third annual awards in North America exceeded our expectations, clearly reflecting the level of importance companies place on building sustainability into business travel and meetings programs,” said Bernard Harrop, head of sustainability Project ICARUS. “All the entries received were worthy of an award giving the judging panel a tough task in selecting the winners and demonstrating the strides made industry-wide in sustainability.”
The winners are:
Travel Supplier: Enterprise Holdings
- Enterprise Holdings demonstrated a clear strategy with their 20/20 vision program, continued renewal of their carbon friendly fleet and customer programs such as rideshare and car share. In addition, they have a carbon offsetting program alongside investment of more than $35 million in renewables research.
Travel Buyer: Barclays PLC North America
- Barclays PLC submitted a comprehensive, well thought through application, with clear CO2 metrics, targets, reductions, defined processes and stakeholder engagement programs. The global advisory board was particularly impressed with their approach to supply chain management.
The winners were presented with their ICARUS trophy at the GBTA Foundation Annual Gala Dinner held at the New York Hilton Midtown.
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